Jaguar basketball defeats App State to advance to the third round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. The final score 74-64.
South Alabama would start the scoring off and build a 9 point advantage at the 14:19 mark of the first half, 14-5.
App State would battle back to take a 16-14 lead with 9:42 left in the 1st half. The Jags would trail by as much as 8 points with 1:24 left. The Jags would cut the deficit to three 37-34 at halftime.
South Alabama and App State would battle back and forth in the second half. The Jags would tie the game and work their way to a 7 point lead twice at 57-64, with 2:13 left in the game and again with eight seconds left.
The Jaguars were led in scoring by…
Isaiah Moore- 20 points and 5 rebounds
Owen White- 14 points and 4 rebounds
Kevin Samuel- The Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year had 12 points, 15 rebounds and a season high 6 blocks
South Alabama would shoot 48.2% from the field, and 39.1% from the three point line. The Jags improved their record to 17-15 overall and 9-9 in the Sun Belt Conference.
Next up
The Jaguars move on to the third round where they will play #1 seed Southern Miss, Saturday at 11:30. The Jags have played Southern Miss tough this year going 1-1 against them so far. The Jags lost a close game in Hattiesburg 76-72. The Jaguars hammered the Golden Eagles winning by 31 points in the second game, which was in the Mitchell Center. That final was 85-54.
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